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COCA 3356 [CHA]    Theobroma cacao

 Chalmers, W.S. (1973)
Report on a visit to Ecuador, Peru, and Brasil, March 1st-April 15th 1973. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 31.

Derivation: COCA river.
Collected by Chalmers (INIAP/UWI).
Location: R. Coca, Oriente, Ecuador.

Notes:  Chalmers, 1973a [CHA73A] Chalmers marked these trees and made the initial collections in 1968. Further collections of both budwood and seed were made on later expeditions in 1969 and 1970.
 

Synonyms: EQX 3356 [CHA], EQ 3356, EQX 3356 [A], COC 3356 [CHA], COC 3356 [ECU], COCA 3356 [ECU], EQX 3356 [B], EQX 3356 [J], EQX 3356 [T], EQX 3356 [U], EQX 3356 [V], EQX 3356 [W], EQX 3356 [Z], EQX A 3356, EQX B 3356, EQX C 3356, EQX J 3356, EQX T 3356, EQX U 3356, EQX V 3356, EQX W 3356

Location: R. Coca/R. Napo, Oriente, Ecuador (pasture)
Date: April 1970
Coordinates: 77.00 W, 0.55 S
Altitude: 220 m
Notes: Coca.Capuchin Mission. unknown locality
Expedition Code: 70CH
   Chalmers, W.S., 1970

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 Malaysia, Agricultural Research Centre (ARC)
List received in 1990   Reference
• Local Name: EQX 3356 [CHA]

Seed Index: 74.0 (dried beans per 100g)
Pod Index: 32.6 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference
Seed Index: 73.5 (dried beans per 100g)
Pod Index: 30.8 (pods per kg dried beans)
 Reference

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Number: 23.6
Total Dry Weight: 32.5 g
Dry Weight: 1.36 g
Note: 59 plants sampled
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Number: 22.6
Total Dry Weight: 30.7 g
Dry Weight: 1.35 g
 Reference
Length: 24.3 mm
Width: 13.5 mm
Thickness: 9.0 mm
Wet Weight: 3.48 g
Cotyledon Wet Weight: 1.95 g
Note: expedition data
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Butterfat Content: 56.50 %
Note: 12 plants sampled
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Butterfat Content: 56.60 %
Maximum Butterfat Content: 59.04 %
Minimum Butterfat Content: 54.30 %
Note: 6 plants sampled
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Rugosity: moderate
Length: 260.0 mm
Note: expedition data
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Self Compatibility: self incompatible
 Reference

Chalmers, W.S. (1973) Report on a visit to Ecuador, Peru, and Brasil, March 1st-April 15th 1973. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 31.
Chalmers, W.S. (1970) Report on the collection of Theobroma cacao in the Oriente region of Ecuador. March-May 1970. Unpublished Report. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies, Trinidad. pp. 20.
Malaysia - ARC Tuaran (1990) List of clones held in the Dept. of Agriculture's collection, at Sabah, Tuaran, Malaysia. E.B. Tay, Malaysian Cocoa Board, Malaysia. Personal Communication.
Malaysia - BAL Plantations (1991) Results from cocoa butter content determinations using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) analysis. G. Lockwood, CDC, U.K. Personal Communication.
Chalmers, W.S. (1970) Data accumulated from Chalmers' Collection reports from expeditions to Ecuador between 1968-1973. Series of 7 unpublished Reports. Cocoa Research Unit, University of the West Indies. See other reference entries for details.